T-Mobile Expands HSPA+ 42

Posted by
Sam Churchill
on
November 16th, 2011

T-Mobile USA today announced the company has doubled the speed of its 4G network in 11 additional markets, offering faster 4G (HSPA+ 42) to nearly 180 million Americans in 163 markets. In addition, T-Mobile expanded the reach of its nationwide 4G (HSPA+ 21) network to 9 additional markets, now covering 208 markets across the country and reaching more than 200 million people.

T-Mobile made a (marketing) case that it was “4G” because it was combining two channels together to double the speed from a theoredical 21Mbps of HSPA+ to 42 Mbps. T-Mobile says HSPA+ can get 21Mbps by using higher order modulation (64QAM). Bonding two channels gets it to 42Mbps. Under the tower.